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* DisabledLoveInterest: She has a prosthetic leg and an artificial eye. She first met her boyfriend Kurō at the hospital where she regularly goes for checkups and Kurō happened to visit often to see his cousin.
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* BoobsOfSteel: She's an enormously large-chested woman wielding an enormous steel I-beam with ease.
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* SenpaiKohai: Iwanaga is Kurō's underclassman in college and she calls him "Kurō-senpai" because of it.

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* BadassNormal: He was a normal human who supposedly defeated a yuki-onna wwith only his sword. [[spoiler:He really couldn't defeat her, but he was able to put a decent fight against her enough as to convince her to make him her disciple in swordsmanship.]]
* BrokenAce: By fighting a yuki-onna and fully mastering the Muhen-ryu sword style, he became the greatest swordsman of his time. However, in his final years, he felt empty and dissatisfied with his success because [[spoiler:he couldn't tell anyone about his yuki-onna teacher, the true master who refined Mataemon's sword style. Tired of living a lie and being broken by hearing about the yuki-onna's death, he killed himself.]]



* HeartbrokenBadass: He was known as a genius swordsman who could put up a fight against a yuki-onna, but he never married because [[spoiler:he suffered from unrequited love for said yuki-onna. After he heard she had passed on, he couldn't take it and killed himself.]]



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* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Her lover Mataemon died before he could achieve his life goal to polish the sword style that he created. To honor his memory, she spent thirty years refining the sword techniques that Mataemon taught her until she mastered them to the level even Mataemon could never reach. She then passed the techniques on to Hanbei and helped him come up with the story of how he killed a yuki-onna to make the sword style famous. She finally died once she was fully satisfied with having preserved Mataemon's legacy and accomplishing his goals in his stead.]]


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* SurpassedTheTeacher: [[spoiler:Mataemon taught her the incomplete Muhen-ryu sword style and after thirty years of training by herself, she mastered the Shizuri Yuki technique that even Mataemon could never polish to perfection.]]

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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Her appearance is always that of a young woman, but she has been around since the Edo period at the very least.



* TalentedButTrained: Hanbei was a very talented and prodigious swordsman, but he only managed to fully master the Muhen-ryu sword style through rigorous training under a yuki-onna.



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Fifty years after she finished training Hanbei, she was satisfied with the fame he brought for the Muhen-ryu sword style and finally, she let herself die.]]



* FightsLikeANormal: Despite being a yuki-onna, she didn't use her ice powers to freeze her opponents and instead, preferred to make an ice sword to cut them down.



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* LegFocus: She wears her kimono's skirt unwrapped, showing off her long, slender legs. When she swings the sword, a lot of shots focus on her legs.

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* LegFocus: She wears leaves her kimono's skirt unwrapped, showing off her long, slender legs. When she swings the sword, a lot of shots focus on her legs.legs.
* MagicKnight: Being a yuki-onna, she had ice magic, but still trained herself to become a swordswoman without equal.


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* NothingLeftToDoButDie: [[spoiler:Being ageless and having outlived her lover Mataemon, her sole reason to live was to perfect his sword techniques and pass them on to a human. Fifteen years after she finished training Hanbei, she was satisfied with the fame he brought for the Muhen-ryu sword style and finally, she let herself die.]]

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* CelibateHero: He was so devoted to perfecting the Muhen-ryu sword style that he had no interest in love and rejected tons of marriage proposals.

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* AmazonChaser: [[spoiler:He fell in love with his yuki-onna teacher because of her powerful and graceful mastery of the Muhen-ryu sword style.]]
* CelibateHero: He was so devoted to perfecting the Muhen-ryu sword style that he had no interest in love and rejected tons of marriage proposals. [[spoiler:He actually didn't want to get married because of his unrequited feelings for the yuki-onna who taught him her sword techniques.]]



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He cut his own throat after he received the news of Yuki-Onna's older sister's demise.]]

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* CompetingWithACorpse: [[spoiler:He was in love with his yuki-onna teacher, but she was utterly devoted to her deceased lover, Mataemon. When she finally died, he knew her soul would reunite with Mataemon, but he still chose to follow her in death.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He spent fifteen years devoting himself to fulfilling his yuki-onna teacher's wish to pass on the perfected Muhen-ryu sword style, but he always felt empty because his fame was based on a lie. Once he heard the news of his yuki-onna teacher's death, Hanbei lost all will to live and killed himself.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He cut his own throat after he received the news of Yuki-Onna's older sister's his yuki-onna teacher's demise.]]



* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:The story of how he killed a yuki-onna and mastered the Muhen-ryu sword style was all a lie that the yuki-onna herself asked him to spread to make a name for himself. He really learned the perfected sword techniques from the yuki-onna in exchange of fulfilling her wish of passing on her teachings to other humans as a way to preserve Mataemon's legacy.]]
* GoodParents: He was a very good and caring father to his adopted son Yushiro.



* LoveAtFirstPunch: [[spoiler:He claimed to have killed a yuki-onna, but in reality, she defeated him in a sword fight and only spared his life to make him into her disciple. He fell in love with the yuki-onna because of the prowess with the sword she showed in that fight.]]



* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:No woman ever captivated him except for his yuki-onna teacher, even though she was loyal to her dead lover Mataemon.]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:The yuki-onna took him as her disciple and taught him the perfected Muhen-ryu sword style. Hanbei fell in love with her, but the feeling wasn't mutual.]]
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: [[spoiler:The only woman he ever loved was a widow who was devoted to preserving her dead lover's legacy. Hanbei knew his feelings would be forever unrequited, but he still refused to marry anyone else and stayed single to the end of his days.]]



* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:She asked Hanbei to tell the villagers that he had killed her, as she no longer had a reason to attack humans after she took Hanbei as her disciple and it would help Hanbei gain fame for the Muhen-ryu sword style.]]
* {{Determinator}}: In order to [[spoiler:perfect Mataemon's sword techniques]], she spent more than thirty years training with the sword with little to no rest.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Fifty years after she finished training Hanbei, she was satisfied with the fame he brought for the Muhen-ryu sword style and finally, she let herself die.]]



* InterspeciesRomance: At first, it's assumed she might have been Hanbei's secret lover and the real mother of his child Yushiro. [[spoiler:Turns out her relationship with Hanbei wasn't sexual, but she was in fact Yushiro's grandmother since she did have a child with Inoue Mataemon Masakatsu.]]

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: She was excellent at domestic tasks, especially cooking. [[spoiler:She got good at it by taking care of her lover Mataemon.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: When compared to her gluttonous freeloader of a sister, she was much more responsible and hardworking, having diligently dedicated decades to her sword training.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: An omake is dedicated to her unknowingly tempting Hanbei's carnal desires by flashing her bare legs in front of him during training. Hanbei tries to convince her to put on some leggings, but this only makes it ''worse'' when the leggings turn out to be too tight for her and she can't get them through her thighs.
* InterspeciesRomance: At first, it's assumed she might have been Hanbei's secret lover and the real mother of his child Yushiro. [[spoiler:Turns out her relationship with Hanbei wasn't sexual, but she was in fact Yushiro's grandmother since she did have a child with Inoue Mataemon Masakatsu.]]Masakatsu Inoue.]]
* LadyOfWar: Her movements as she swung her sword were all incredibly precise and graceful.
* LegFocus: She wears her kimono's skirt unwrapped, showing off her long, slender legs. When she swings the sword, a lot of shots focus on her legs.


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* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:She was an ageless youkai who fell in love with the elderly human Mataemon and became pregnant with his child shortly before he died from old age.]]
* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler:After her lover Mataemon died, she dedicated the rest of her life to perfecting his sword techniques and passed these on to Hanbei to keep Mataemon's legacy alive. Once her goals were fulfilled through Hanbei, she followed Mataemon in death.]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her only son died in a flood, but she managed to rescue her grandson, Yushiro.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After Mataemon's death, she abandoned their son and left him in the care of a childless human couple.]]


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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Much like her sister, she was a beauty with long black hair and skin white like the snow.
* SexyMentor: She was very beautiful and taught the perfected Muhen-ryu sword style to Hanbei [[spoiler:who fell in love with both her power and beauty]]. An omake makes a joke about it, with Hanbei having a hard time focusing on training because he can't look away from his teacher's bare legs.
* SexySlitDress: Her kimono has a slit up to the top of her thigh.


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* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:She was Mataemon's last disciple, having learned the incomplete Muhen-ryu sword style from him. She was also the mother of his only son.]]
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:She kept Mataemon's sword after his death and this was her most treasured possession.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: She's a gorgeous and eternally youthful yuki-onna while [[spoiler:her de facto husband, Mataemon, was large and hairy man in his fifties]].
* WithholdingTheirName: When Hanbei asked for her name, she refused to tell him. According to her sister, the only human who ever knew her name was likely [[spoiler:her lover Mataemon]].

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* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: As the daughter of the wealthy and respected Iwanaga family, Kotoko always speaks in a very formal manner. Her manner of speech often comes at odds with her overly vulgar comments about sex.



* RecklessPacifist: Rika never tries to kill people directly, but her actions to defy the order still endanger a lot of lives. During the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, the {{tulpa}} she created kills the police officer Tokonosuke Terada and while she does express remorse over someone dying at the hands of her creation, it's unclear if her remorse is earnest. She also orchestrates a few cases to get Iwanaga involved while fully expecting Iwanaga's actions to lead to people's deaths, as Rika wants Kurō to become scared of Iwanaga and leave her.

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* RecklessPacifist: Rika Rikka never tries to kill people directly, but her actions to defy the order still endanger a lot of lives. During the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, the {{tulpa}} she created kills the police officer Tokonosuke Terada and while she does express remorse over someone dying at the hands of her creation, it's unclear if her remorse is earnest. She also orchestrates a few cases to get Iwanaga involved while fully expecting Iwanaga's actions to lead to people's deaths, as Rika wants Kurō to become scared of Iwanaga and leave her.

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* RecklessPacifist: Rika never tries to kill people directly, but her actions to defy the order still endanger a lot of lives. During the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, the {{tulpa}} she created kills the police officer Tokonosuke Terada and while she does express remorse over someone dying at the hands of her creation, it's unclear if her remorse is earnest. She also orchestrates a few cases to get Iwanaga involved while fully expecting Iwanaga's actions to lead to people's deaths, as Rika wants Kurō to become scared of Iwanaga and leave her.



* TheUnfettered: She won't stop at anything to reach her goal of creating a being that defies the laws of nature, not caring at all of who might end up hurt or dead because of her actions. Or so it seems, as at the end of the ''Giraffe'' case, she expresses remorse over someone dying at the hands of her tulpa during the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, but it's unclear if her remorse is earnest.

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* TheUnfettered: She won't stop at anything to reach her goal of creating a being that defies the laws of nature, not caring at all of with no consideration to who might end up get hurt or dead killed because of her actions. Or so it seems, as at the end of the ''Giraffe'' case, she expresses remorse over someone dying at the hands of her tulpa during the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, but it's unclear if her remorse is earnest.actions.



* {{Breaking The Cycle Of Bad Parenting}}: Implied; His mother Sumi, was very strict in his and his siblings upbringing, while Sumi's father was not any better. He himself seems to get along fine with his daughter Rion, most likely giving her more freedom than he or his mother had.

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* {{Breaking The Cycle Of Bad Parenting}}: Implied; His BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Sumi, his mother Sumi, was very strict in his and his siblings siblings' upbringing, while Sumi's father was not any better. He Ryoma himself seems to get along fine with his daughter Rion, most likely giving her more freedom than he or his mother had.



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* {{BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting}}: Implied; His mother Sumi, was very strict in his and his siblings upbringing, while Sumi's father was not any better. He himself seems to get along fine with his daughter Rion, most likely giving her more freedom than he or his mother had.

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* {{BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting}}: {{Breaking The Cycle Of Bad Parenting}}: Implied; His mother Sumi, was very strict in his and his siblings upbringing, while Sumi's father was not any better. He himself seems to get along fine with his daughter Rion, most likely giving her more freedom than he or his mother had.
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* {{BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting}}: Implied; His mother Sumi, was very strict in his and his siblings upbringing, while Sumi's father was not any better. He himself seems to get along fine with his daughter Rion, most likely giving her more freedom than he or his mother had.
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* TheUnfettered: She won't stop at anything to reach her goal of creating a being that defies the laws of nature, not carrying at all of who might end up hurt or dead because of her actions.

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* TheUnfettered: She won't stop at anything to reach her goal of creating a being that defies the laws of nature, not carrying caring at all of who might end up hurt or dead because of her actions.actions. Or so it seems, as at the end of the ''Giraffe'' case, she expresses remorse over someone dying at the hands of her tulpa during the ''Steel Lady Nanase'' case, but it's unclear if her remorse is earnest.
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* NecessaryDrawback: His {{Immortality}} and his WindsOfDestinyChange powers interact to keep him from getting completely broken. Ordinarily, kudan have all the time in the world to choose whatever futures they want after their deaths, allowing them to control the destinies of families, towns, and entire nations. However, since Kurō comes back after a few seconds, he only has time to grab threads of destiny that are already close at hand before being dragged away, meaning he can only control the immediate future and only set it on to paths that were already within a certain threshold of likeliness.


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese)(Japanese), Creator/BrookChalmers (English)



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* FaceOfAThug: He has a stern-looking face, but is actually a very nice person. Since he's wealthy yet unemployed with a beautiful kimono wearing wife, the neighborhood children are convinced he's a {{Yakuza}} leader.

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* FaceOfAThug: He has a stern-looking face, but is actually a very nice person. Since he's wealthy yet unemployed unemployed, living with a beautiful kimono wearing woman who is thought to be his wife, the neighborhood children are convinced he's a {{Yakuza}} leader.
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* FaceOfAThug: He has a stern-looking face, but is actually a very nice person.

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* FaceOfAThug: He has a stern-looking face, but is actually a very nice person. Since he's wealthy yet unemployed with a beautiful kimono wearing wife, the neighborhood children are convinced he's a {{Yakuza}} leader.

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* ParentalSubstitute: He adopted a young boy named Yushiro and raised him as his own son. Although, there's suspicions that Yushiro was in fact his biological son by a yuki-onna. [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted; Yushiro was actually the grandson of a yuki-onna who she left him in his care after the child lost his real parents.]]

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* ParentalSubstitute: He adopted a young boy named Yushiro and raised him as his own son. Although, there's suspicions that Yushiro was in fact his biological son by a yuki-onna. [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted; Yushiro was actually the grandson of a yuki-onna who she left him the boy in his care after the child he lost his real parents.]]


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* InterspeciesRomance: At first, it's assumed she might have been Hanbei's secret lover and the real mother of his child Yushiro. [[spoiler:Turns out her relationship with Hanbei wasn't sexual, but she was in fact Yushiro's grandmother since she did have a child with Inoue Mataemon Masakatsu.]]

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* SingleTargetSexuality: It's clear his heart has belonged to Yuki-Onna since she saved him. He married Miharu because she resembles Yuki-Onna, but that only lead to her cheating on him because she somehow knew she was just a stand-in for someone else.

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* SingleTargetSexuality: It's clear his heart has belonged to Yuki-Onna since she saved him. He even admits to himself that he only married Miharu because she resembles Yuki-Onna, but that only lead to her cheating on looks reminded him because she somehow knew she was just a stand-in for someone else.of Yuki-Onna.



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* PrettyFreeloader: Masayuki lets her crash at his place and gives her all the food she wants to eat.

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* PrettyFreeloader: Masayuki lets her crash at his place and gives her all the food she wants to eat.eat for free.



* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Masayuki married Miharu because she resembles Yuki-Onna, but that only lead to Miharu cheating on him because she somehow knew she was just a stand-in for someone else.



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!!Hanbei Shirokura
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A swordsman from the Edo period. He became known for his claims of slaying a yuki-onna to master the perfected Muhen-ryu sword style.
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* CelibateHero: He was so devoted to perfecting the Muhen-ryu sword style that he had no interest in love and rejected tons of marriage proposals.
* ChallengeSeeker: When he realized he couldn't improve his skill in the Muhen-ryu on his own, he left on a journey to seek an opponent stronger than himself and even challenged a yuki-onna.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He cut his own throat after he received the news of Yuki-Onna's older sister's demise.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Because of his slender figure and feminine features, people often confused him for a woman.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He was a very beautiful man with long white hair.
* MasterSwordsman: He was a prodigy at the sword, to the point only a youkai surpassed his skill.
* ParentalSubstitute: He adopted a young boy named Yushiro and raised him as his own son. Although, there's suspicions that Yushiro was in fact his biological son by a yuki-onna. [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted; Yushiro was actually the grandson of a yuki-onna who she left him in his care after the child lost his real parents.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: He lived and died during the Edo period. His case centers around Iwanaga finding an explanation for the mysterious circumstances of his death.
* SamuraiPonytail: He was a samurai with his long hair tied back into a ponytail.
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!!Yuki-Onna's Sister
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The older sister of the yuki-onna who sought Kotoko Iwanaga's help. She has a mysterious connection to Hanbei Shirokura who claimed to have killed her.
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* ElementalWeapon: She wielded a sword made of ice.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was a deadly swordswoman and helped Hanbei perfect the Muhen-ryu sword style.
* PosthumousCharacter: Like Hanbei, she has been dead for centuries and is only seen in flashbacks.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She closely resembles her sister, with only the hairstyle and eye color being different.
* {{Yukionna}}: Same as her sister, she's an ice youkai appearing as a woman clad in a white kimono.
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[[folder:Shizuya Shirokura]]
!!Shizuya Shirokura
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The descendant of Yushiro Shirokura, Hanbei's adopted son.
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* IdenticalGrandson: He bears an uncanny resemblance to his yuki-onna ancestor.
* LongLostRelative: He's a distant descendant of Masayuki's Yuki-Onna, with her older sister being one of his ancestors.
* UnevenHybrid: One of his ancestors was a yuki-onna. The youkai blood has diluted after several generations of mixing with humans, but it has manifested strongly in him.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MakotoFurukawa (Japanese)(Japanese), Creator/KaijiTang (English)


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese)(Japanese), Creator/EmiLo (English)

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* IgnoreTheFanservice: He initially seems unaffected by Yuki-Onna's beauty, stating that the human imagination has come up with more beautiful people. He also refuses several invitations of hers for sex, but this has more to do with him [[InsecureLoveInterest not feeling worthy]] of being her partner.



* NiceGuy: Despite having the FaceOfAThug, Masayuki is actually a very kind person. He is extremely forgiving and doesn't blame his ex-wife for cheating on him, though he does think she went too far when she tried to kill him and steal his fortune. However, he decides to not press charges against her or tell anyone, quietly divorces her and leaves her a part of his money according to the law. This makes people think he is actually a bit ''too'' nice and suspicious.

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* NiceGuy: Despite having the FaceOfAThug, Masayuki is actually a very kind person. He is extremely forgiving and doesn't blame his ex-wife for cheating on him, though he does think she went too far when she tried to kill him and steal his fortune. However, he decides to not press charges against her or tell anyone, quietly divorces her and leaves her a part of his money according to the law. This makes people think he is actually a bit ''too'' nice and suspicious.



* NotDistractedByTheSexy: He doesn't seem very impressed of Yuki-Onna's beauty, stating that the human imagination has come up with more beautiful people. He also refuses several invitations of hers for sex, but this has more to do with him [[InsecureLoveInterest not feeling worthy]] of being her partner.


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* TurnTheOtherCheek: He is extremely forgiving and incapable of holding grudges. He doesn't blame his ex-wife for cheating on him, though he does think she went too far when she tried to kill him and steal his fortune. However, he decides to not press charges against her or tell anyone, quietly divorces her and leaves her a part of his money according to the law.


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* PosthumousCharacter: The Sleeping Murder Case centers around the circumstances and motives surrounding Sumi's murder 23 years prior.

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* SoreLoser: She's ''very'' bitter after Rikka manages to win an argument against her for the first time [[spoiler:to pressure her into making an alliance with her]].



* LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: In contrast to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Rikka]], Kurō isn't particularly bothered by having been forcibly made immortal by his grandmother. While he would like to think he eventually will die of old age, he doesn't let his immortality get in the way of him leading a normal lifestyle and actually finds it convenient for taking several part-time jobs without the effects of overwork. [[spoiler:When Rikka forces Iwanaga into agreeing to help her find a way to get rid of the mermaid immortality, Kurō admits he doesn't actually care about staying immortal, but wouldn't like to become a normal mortal if it means losing his relationship with Iwanaga.]]

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* LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: In contrast to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Rikka]], Kurō isn't particularly bothered by having been forcibly made immortal by his grandmother. While he would like likes to think he eventually will die of old age, he doesn't let his immortality get in the way of him leading a normal lifestyle and actually finds it convenient for taking several part-time jobs without the effects of overwork. [[spoiler:When Rikka forces Iwanaga into agreeing to help her find a way to get rid of the mermaid immortality, Kurō admits he doesn't actually care about staying immortal, but wouldn't like to become a normal mortal if it means losing his relationship with Iwanaga.]]



* MarriedToTheJob: Iwanaga complains that Kurō takes so many part-time jobs that he rarely has time to go on dates with her, even during holidays.



* {{NEET}}: She spent many years in a hospital. After she was discharged, she crashed at Iwanaga's place until she went on the run. After [[spoiler:she manages to force Iwanaga into an alliance]], Kurō points out that Rikka has to find herself a job because she won't be able to make money with her destiny-controlling powers anymore if she accomplishes her goal of becoming normal. Rikka is horrified as she completely missed the fact that becoming normal means having to work for a living.

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* {{NEET}}: She spent many years in a hospital. After she was discharged, she crashed at Iwanaga's place until she went on the run. run and made a living by using her powers to keep winning lottery money. After [[spoiler:she manages to force Iwanaga into an alliance]], Kurō points out that Rikka has would need to find herself a job because she won't be able to make money with her destiny-controlling powers anymore if she accomplishes her goal of becoming normal. Rikka is horrified has a minor freak out as she completely missed the fact that becoming normal means having to work for a living.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: After hearing the village children call her Masayuki's gangster wife, she watches several {{yakuza}} films and she develops a fondness for Masayuki [[FaceOfAThug looking like one]].



* BridalCarry: How she holds Masayuki when flying him to a location.

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* BridalCarry: How she She holds Masayuki in her arms when flying him to a location.



* {{Yakuza}}: After hearing the village children call her Masayuki's gangster wife, she watches several yakuza films and she develops a fondness for Masayuki looking like one.



* {{Yukionna}}: She's a classical portrayal of a yuki-onna; an [[AnIcePerson ice-controlling]] woman in a white kimono.

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* {{Yukionna}}: She's a classical portrayal of a yuki-onna; an [[AnIcePerson ice-controlling]] woman clad in a white kimono.







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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He's spot–on about the evil, sociopathic person that Kajio is. He could perfectly guess Kajio murdered Yukie and only pretended to grieve to dispel suspicions. He started to doubt his judgement when he realized Kajio was in real pain after Yukie died, but he doesn't know that was caused by her ghost cursing him.




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* NeverGetsFat: She can eat ten thousand calories a day and never gains a single pound of weight. In addition, while she's quite endowed, Yuki-Onna does not have an unusually immense chest the trope typically solves for where the calories get deposited.


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* BigEater: She loves human food and thus loves spending time with Masayuki, as he is a great cook.

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* BigEater: She loves human food and thus loves spending time with Masayuki, as he is a great cook. Her sister nicknames her, the Glutton, for having a bottomless stomach.


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* {{Yakuza}}: After hearing the village children call her Masayuki's gangster wife, she watches several yakuza films and she develops a fondness for Masayuki looking like one.

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